I worked in ceramics for over 20yrs, before deciding in 1993 to paint fulltime. I wanted to say things that were not possilbe with the medium of clay. Growing up in the Wi;ltshire countryside ,on the edge of Salisbury plain has given me a deep love of open wild sometimes solitary places., which has influenced my work. I use landscape as a reference point only, then start pushing the paint around and let things happen.